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| TREKKING AND THERMAL BATHS | price from 490 € | | Hungary - Independent walking - Family holiday - Thermalism - 7 days |
 | This stay is intended for those who wish to make a trekking in Hungary while benefiting from the famous Hungarian baths, splendid Budapest and the surroundings of the Lake Balaton.
Three days in Budapest enable you to discover several of the most famous thermal baths, to visit this splendid city which is one of the most beautiful capitals in Europe and make trekking in the pretty surrounding hills.
Three days close to Balaton to discover this impressive lake and Heviz, a small thermal lake known in the whole world for its virtues and its beauty. The excursions around Balaton are superb. You will be comfortably lodged and will be able to taste and discover the local gastronomy which without any doubt will impress you!
Trekking days: 4. |
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Day 1 Arrival in Budapest
Budapest is a city charged of history and particularly active. If you have time, try the thermal baths such as Gellert and it will not fail to impress you. The bastion of the fishermen on the hill of Buda will offer you a splendid sight on the Danube, the impressive Chains' Bridge and the complicated architecture of the Parliament.
Night and evening meal in Budapest in 2* hotel. |  |
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Day 2 Buda's hills
With the local public transport of Budapest (pass for the transport included in the price of the stay), you will go in direction of the Buda hills for a first hiking excursion. Your route is in the "szep völgy" that can be translated into English by "the pretty valley". Not far is the climax of Pilis-teto (756m) recognized for its landscapes of a picturesque beauty. Moreover, the natural reserve of the area of Pilis was classified reserve of biosphere by UNESCO in 1981 and it acts as the Eldorado for all trekkers from Budapest. Afternoon, relaxation in the Lukacs baths.
Night and evening meal in Budapest in 2* hotel
Flexible excursion of 3H00 to 5H00 of walk. | 
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Day 3 Normafa overhanging Budapest
After a copious Hungarian breakfast, with the local public transport of Budapest, you will go for a new excursion but this time in Normafa. It acts as one of the preferred places of the people living in Budapest, recognized for its calms and its splendid sights on the all town. During this excursion you will be able to admire Budapest in all its beauty. The afternoon will be devoted to the relaxation in the Thermal Baths of Széchenyi.
Night and evening meal in Budapest in 2* hotel.
Flexible excursion of 3H00 to 5H00 of walk.of the Széchenyi Baths.
Dinner and night in Budapest. | 
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Day 4 From Budapest to Héviz
In the morning (depending on the schedules), you leave by train to Keszthely on the shore of lake Balaton, for the second part of your stay. Arriving in Keszthely, you are picked up at the train station and transferred to your pension in Hévíz. After allocation in your room, you have time to visit the thermal lake in Hévíz : the most famous natural thermal lake in Hungary.
Dinner and night in Hévíz. |  |
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Day 5 Lake Balaton
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Szigliget for the first trek in the Balaton National Park. This region is dominated by impressive mountains of volcanic activity; these basalt cones, remains of ancient volcanic eruptions now stand alone as the natural forces have carried away the looser soil from around them. This whole day walk will take you to the top of 3 such mountains, from where you can have a magnificent view on the Balaton uplands to the North and the lake itself to the South.
The track will lead you past several wine cellars so that you can both try and take home bottles of Badacsony wines.
Dinner and night in Hévíz.
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Day 6 Hills of Balaton
You will carry out a hiking trip that will take you along the heights of the hills which surround the Lake Balaton. The landscapes are splendid there, on the lake, but also the villages on the two banks. Afternoon relaxation in the baths of Heviz or possibility of resting and of bathing on the numerous Balaton beaches after the hike.
Dinner and night in Hévíz.
Approximately 4H30 of walk.
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Day 7 From Balaton to Budapest
After breakfast, a transfer takes you to the train station for the return journey to Budapest. Arriving in Budapest, you will be transferred to the airport or, in case you booked extra nights in the capital, to your hotel. |  |
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| Details | Starting point
Budapest
End
Budapest
Accommodation
In comfortable hotels and pensions.
Number of people
Minimum two persons
Options
- Supplement for departure july / august : 20€
- Single supplement : 100€
Included
Accommodation in 2-star hotel (3 nights) and 3-star pensions (3 nights) with breakfast, dinners, luggage transfers, cogwheel railway ticket on Day 2, transfers Budapest-Hévíz and return, transfers to tour start points (Days 5,6), bath/spa entires (2x in Budapest, 3x in Hévíz), tour descriptions
Not included
Transfers not scheduled in program, local public transportation, entrance fees to sites, optional activities, drinks, tipping, personal expenses, travel insurance
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